April 2018 Contest Nominees

She sat upon the highest shelf, beautiful and painted she called herself. Her life was good and all was well, then one day she moved...

The sound of the drum echoing in the background. A beautiful black woman comes to center stage. Her long black hair flowing down her...

Time is up to the London devil Crack heads walking round the streets on another level Trying to get a fix from the genie bottle...

When it’s time you will know The waiting was the time to grow To be prepared for what you dreamed And realize it is all as it seemed...

My hoodies you see they tell their own stories My hoodies cradle me and make me feel safe in this corrupt world My hoodies hide all...

A gift from above Made with love Life to be had To bad it was sad Hard to deal Never feeling healed A messed up head Thinking alive...

Life learn lessons come with ease. Once you get the strength you will see. Every obstacle was meant to be. Find yourself for you are...

I once desecrated, a sacred space. Diaphragm squeezing A chokehold Amongst the busts Of decapitated saints Unable to turn their eyes...

What a funny future we live in, Where likes and followers rule, Where people follow and unfollow each other, Looking like a fool...

I wonder a million things But, the one thing lingers And won’t go away Is What could I have done different? Was there anything to do...

Sometimes you’re just waiting for the penny to drop As it slowly rolls along the table, before briefly stopping at the edge Pausing...

I see your sappy smile, Yet I know there's sadness . I hear your laughter, Yet you're surrounded by darkness . I don't see your...

Now I know there's two of you Shocked I'm not by the things you do Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde Which one will I see inside Which one of...

Biding time like Spider in a web Waiting, collection, of a veiled, eyed dead. We're going around in circles of faltering 'Hope. Who'...

Behind the unscaled walls, An idle heart lay sleeping. No knowledge of the bliss love brings Nor the sleepless nights spent weeping...